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Attacking a young tourist over her treatment of a wombat is hypocritical – and misses the point | Georgie Purcell

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Attacking a young tourist over her treatment of a wombat is hypocritical – and misses the point | Georgie Purcell

What’s happening to our native wildlife across the country is just as horrific as what we witnessed in that video – it’s just occurring behind closed doors

We’ve all seen the distressing footage of an American influencer taking a wombat joey away from its mother. The joey hisses and stirs, while the distraught mother circles the woman until she eventually drops it back to the side of the road.

The tourist calls herself both a conservationist and an ecologist. But most of us can recognise that this is not the behaviour of someone who values our native wildlife.

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National Trust creates living gene bank of endangered native black poplar

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National Trust creates living gene bank of endangered native black poplar

Cuttings of tree captured by John Constable being planted on restored Devon floodplain

Captured by John Constable in one of his most celebrated paintings, the black poplar tree was once as common as oak and beech in Britain.

Now the rarest and most threatened native species in the country, the National Trust is creating a living gene bank of the black poplar to ensure Constable’s The Hay Wain does not become a tribute to an extinct breed.

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Whey + Seedlings = Success or Failure?

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Whey + Seedlings = Success or Failure?

I have some wonderful raw goat whey from making labneh out of kefir. I also just sowed some seeds for this growing season, but alas, I am quite inexperienced and didn’t have enough seedling mix soil on hand, so I mixed it with my native outdoor garden soil. I DID read that you should mix about 20% native soil in with your seedling mix, but I did 50/50 to make it spread, and picked out the rocks/chunks.

PLOT POINT: I completely forgot about fungus, algae, mold, and bacteria. 😃👏👏👏 NOW, I’m inoculating every cell with diluted whey before the seeds sprout (or rot), so that the lactobacillus hopefully protects and takes over. (I don’t want dampening and have a limited amount of seeds.)

Making sure that there’s a heat mat for the peppers and eggplants, a dome ontop, and being VERY careful with watering. I have a slight concern that the soil is a little too dense and not enough oxygen, so what should I do? What would you do in this sitch?

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